Addison, Texas
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6/5/2007
I have lived in Addison, TX for over 7 years. Here is my - and I will try to be as objective as possible - review. Addison is a VERY efficient, modern suburb of Dallas. It is run in an extremely efficient manner. It is a clean city that only has 14,000 residents, and various corporations are headquartered here. The result is massive windfalls of taxes for the town of Addison. The result of that is the various festivals that Addison puts on (Oktoberfest, Taste of Addison, etc.). Addison is the first town in Texas to offer residents wireless Internet over 100% of the town. Addison has Addison Circle, a "mixed residency" area that follows so-called "New Urbanism", which is an architectural style that emphasizes a European-like mix of living and shopping. It is quite nice, actually. Overall, Addison has the reputation of being very "yuppie" and I cannot say that that is an incorrect stereotype, because the average person one encounters there is actually pretty "corporate", and/or yuppie. The wealth in Addison is evident in all the Lexuses and Porsches being driven around by status-focused people. Actually, this aspect of the town can be a bit "much" at times. Crime is low, overall. Addison mostly consists of businesses and restaurants. The town planner back in the day obviously went a bit "nuts" on the restaurants, because it seems like every store on some streets is a restaurant, and it also seems like there is nothing to do in Addison but "go out to eat". At the same time, Addison has not followed the "times" and gone non-smoking. So you still go into restaurants and have to breathe others' cigarette smoke (which I find highly annoying and thus never go out in Addison, even though I live there; I now go to Dallas or Plano, which is smoke-free). Thus, in my view, Addison is modern and efficient, but also a bit superficial and behind the times when it comes to (non-)smoking legislation. The Addison Airport is a minor airport I think frequented by millionaires flying in and out. It can be loud if you live nearby (for instance, at Addison Circle). The last 4 times it rained hard, the lights all went out at my home in Addison. There seems to be a more or less big "issue" with thunderstorms and power in Addison. Despite the wealth, they can't seem to deal with that, either. The festivals can be fun, especially Oktoberfest. "Kaboomtown" is a major festival held, for some reason, on July 3rd, even though it is a "4th of July Celebration". It is fun and the fireworks
John | Addison, TX